Mattoon, Kisorio capture events at Sooner Open

NORMAN, Okla. (Feb. 20, 2010) – Silas Kisorio and Denise Mattoon both took away first place finishes at the Sooner Open indoor track meet at Oklahoma University on Saturday with Kisorio capturing the 1000-meter run and Mattoon the shot put.

Kisorio left the field in the 1000-meter run with a 2:30.28 time to place ahead of teammate Frezer Legesse who followed in second with a 2:32.99. Kisorio’s time qualifies him automatically for the indoor national track meet while Legesse’s time was good enough for provisional qualifying.

Kisorio hit the automatic qualifying mark in the 600-yard run as well running a 1:12.94 over the distance.

Also qualifying for the Eagles, Renaldo Garrett ran an 8.41 60-meter hurdle time in the prelims to secure the NAIA provisional mark. Geoffrey Njonjo narrowly missed out on the provisional qualifying standard in the mile after running a 4:23.13 to place fourth.

Mattoon launched the shot put 44 feet, two inches to claim the event and qualify automatically for the Lady Eagles. Mattoon threw to a second-place finish in the weight throw with a toss of 56 feet, four and three-quarter inches. The throw meets the NAIA automatic qualifying standard.

Also qualifying for the Lady Eagles were Irene Masai and Rachel Snider in the 1000-meter run. Masai barely missed the OC school record in the event running a 3:04.31 to place fifth, however, the performance meets the NAIA provisional standard. Rachel Snider placed sixth behind Masai in a time of 3:05.22 also meeting the provisional qualifying mark.

The OC track and field teams will next compete at the NAIA Indoor National meet in Johnson City, Tenn. on Mar. 4-6.

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